kitabu
Mwani
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]kitabu class 7 (plural vitabu)
Synonyms
[edit]Swahili
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb). The first syllable of the Arabic word has been reinterpreted as the Swahili noun prefix ki-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kitabu class VII (plural vitabu class VIII)
Descendants
[edit]- → Acholi: kitabu
- → Kikuyu: gĩtabu
- → Luo: kitabu
- → Luganda: ekitabo
- → Rwanda-Rundi: igitabo, igitabu
- → Tooro: ekitabu
Tooro
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kitabu class 7
- augmentless form of ekitabu; it is a book/bed
Categories:
- Mwani terms borrowed from Arabic
- Mwani terms derived from Arabic
- Mwani lemmas
- Mwani nouns
- Mwani class 7 nouns
- wmw:Books
- Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic
- Swahili terms derived from Arabic
- Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root ك ت ب
- Swahili terms with audio pronunciation
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili class VII nouns
- sw:Books
- Tooro terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tooro non-lemma forms
- Tooro noun forms
- Tooro noun augmentless forms